June 22, 2026
Updates

Cyber risk

The Convergence Risk Nobody Owns: When Cyber, Physical and Operational Risks Collide

admin06 mins

For years, organisations have managed cyber security, physical security and operational resilience as separate disciplines. Different teams, different reporting structures, different budgets and often different priorities. That separation is becoming increasingly dangerous. As digital technologies become deeply embedded into industrial systems, supply chains and critical infrastructure, the boundaries between cyber, physical and operational risk are…

Read More

The End of Periodic Assurance: Why Continuous Controls Monitoring Is Reshaping Enterprise Risk

admin010 mins

For decades, organisations approached controls and compliance through periodic cycles. Quarterly reviews, annual audits and scheduled testing exercises formed the backbone of assurance frameworks across industries. Risks were assessed retrospectively, evidence was gathered manually and control gaps were often identified weeks, sometimes months after operational failures had already emerged. In slower-moving business environments, that model…

Read More

AI’s Dark Turn: Why Adversarial Intelligence Is Becoming Banking’s Biggest Cyber Risk

admin010 mins

Speaking at a press conference following the inauguration of a new State Bank of India office in Pune, Nirmala Sitharaman remarked that “The challenge posed by advanced AI is fundamentally different from what banks have successfully managed so far.” The statement reflects a deeper structural shift underway in global finance. For decades, banks have relied…

Read More

Why Banking Risk Demands a 360° Lens, From Credit to Cyber, Climate and Geopolitics

admin011 mins

For decades, risk management in banking focused narrowly on measurable exposures credit defaults, liquidity buffers and capital adequacy. This traditional framework worked in an era when risks evolved slowly and were largely internal. But the new financial reality is non-linear. Today, a cyberattack on a fintech partner can cripple payment systems across states; a sanction…

Read More

From Firewalls to Trust Walls: The New Mandate for CISOs

admin08 mins

For decades, the role of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) was defined by defence – building fortresses, configuring firewalls, patching systems and keeping the bad actors out. It was an engineering problem at heart, measured by uptime, breach count and compliance checklists. But in today’s hyper-connected enterprise, the perimeter has dissolved, data moves faster…

Read More

People, Not Programs: The Real Cyber Battleground in India’s BFSI & Corporate Sector

admin09 mins

In today’s hyperconnected economy, cybersecurity has evolved from a purely technical function into a strategic business imperative. India’s banking, financial services, insurance (BFSI), and corporate sectors are custodians of vast financial assets and sensitive personal and corporate data. A breach in these sectors is no longer merely an IT failure, it can trigger financial loss,…

Read More
Top